James LAWRENCE was born in 1812 in Hilmarton, Wilts, England. In 1838, he married Sarah Jane HULL. James was a farmer in Idstone, in the parish of Ashbury, Berks. James and Sarah had issue: 1. Richard LAWRENCE, 1839, who married Sarah Ann GODWIN. They farmed at Manor Farm, Inkpen, Berks, where they had issue. 2. William LAWRENCE, 1841, who married Elizabeth CHISMAN. They farmed in Pewsey, Wilts, and in Normanton in the parish of Wilsford, Wilts, where they had issue. 3. James LAWRENCE junior, 1842, who married Martha Godfrey FROGLEY. They farmed in Uffington, Wanborough, Hinton Parva and, finally in Shrivenham. They had issue. 4. Mary Ann LAWRENCE, 1849, who married William Rumsey CHISMAN. They farmed in Chaddleworth, Berks, where they had issue. 5. Thomas Herbert LAWRENCE, 1857, who married Susan Mary HEDGES. They farmed in Idstone, Berks, where they had issue. I am interested in contacting any researcher / relation of this family and in exchanging genealogical research notes on them. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira Toronto, Canada.